ULOS AND BATIK AS THE IDENTITY OF NATION

Ulos is a term that refers to woven cloth which reputed meaningful inheritance. Hopefully, the meaningful inheritance of ulos is always be adhered in the people‘s character. Ulos is made from yarn that colored black related to color called itom. Moreover, red color is related to fire and white is the original color of the yarn. The motif of ulos is adhered from the meaning of nature‘s life. Batik has been known and declared by UNESCO that batik is as the humanity‘s inheritance for
verbal culture and non-inanimate object. Batik has offered opportunity to the society for improving, even, creating new batik. Batik which explores North Sumatera local culture resources is the real effort to conserve the tradition and open new opportunity. The collaboration of the two works, ulos and batik, is part of the effort to collaborate two rare items. Product diversification by
combination of woven cloth ulos and batik will create a work to fill the society‘s need, especially for the need of clothing with variety mode and design. Hopefully, the collaboration of ulos and batik will offer the solution in making ulos and batik as the identity of the nation and also strengthen the civilization.